acervatio

English

Etymology

From Latin acervātiō (“heaping up”), from acervō (“heap up”) + -ātiō. Doublet of acervation.

Noun

acervatio (uncountable)

  1. (rhetoric) Departing from the normal syntax of a series to increase its effect.

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Latin

Etymology

From acervō (“heap up”) +‎ -tiō.

Noun

acervātiō f (genitive acervātiōnis); third declension

  1. The act of heaping or piling up, accumulation.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative acervātiō acervātiōnēs
genitive acervātiōnis acervātiōnum
dative acervātiōnī acervātiōnibus
accusative acervātiōnem acervātiōnēs
ablative acervātiōne acervātiōnibus
vocative acervātiō acervātiōnēs

Descendants

  • English: acervatio
  • Portuguese: acervação

References

  • “acervatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • acervatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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